Indonesian Slang

1. What you care to elaborate on that statement ? “maksud lo?”

2. the meting will start at 9.15, please be there before 15 minutes. “jangan telat yah”

3. I definitely would make it, you guys go and have fun without me. “ ntar gw nyusul”

4. your statement is already known by everybody else. “ basil oh”

5. I couldn’t see the necessity of this conversation. “ga penting boo”

6. I couldn’t think of any idea of where to go. “mati gaya nih”

7. I need to tell you something unfortunately still need to be confirm on each validity. “taw ga sih loo?”

8. I couldn’t imagine what else got have happen. “busyet deh”

9. the conclusion which is not accepted. “capek deh”

10. pardon me,? “ha?”

11. I think you should act in such in a proper way. “pliss deh”

12. I think, it would be better if we don’t see each other again. “ lo gue end”

-          redundancy / wordiness / kemubaziran kata.

-          To express plurality in bahasa : ex. Anak-anak, macam-macam, bapak-bapak

-          To express reflective action : ex. Jalan-jalan

-          To express reciprocal action : ex.  Tendang-menendang, berlomba-lomba

-          To express “fake” thing : ex. Mobil-mobilan,

-          To express quality or quantity : sebanyak-banyaknya, secantik-cantiknya

-          To express similiarity ( like –ish ) : kekanak-kanakan.